I recently bough two sacks of bulk grain (GW-2ROW and BZ-PILS) but I still had around 30 pounds of Maris Otter malt around. Wanting to use up the MO, and hoping to brew a high-gravity beer that could occupy a fermenter for a long time, I decided to re-brew the BCS RIS. And I figured, why not, let's parti-gyle to get some type of "small" experimental beer. It was pretty improvisational and experimental so I am very curious how the "small" beer will turn out.
BCS Russian Stout #2
Brewed 4/22/15
Batch Size: 5gal
75 min boil
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
19 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 82.6 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 2 6.5 %
1 lbs Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.3 %
8.0 oz Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.2 %
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.2 %
8.0 oz Pale Chocolate Malt (200.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.2 %
1.60 oz Magnum [13.70 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 53.9 IBUs
2.00 oz Fuggle [5.00 %] - Boil Hop 8 8.9 IBUs
2.00 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil Hop 9 1.1 IBUs
1.0 pkg Dry English Ale (White Labs #WLP007) [35 Yeast 10 -
.5 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast 11 -
Starter made on 3/19. Got just over 5 gal into the fermenter, including starter and trub. Slightly under volume. Pre-boil OG was 1.08. Added .75# DME to increase to this OG.
Cooled to 65F, pitched entire starter, and added ~.5 packet of S-04 to make sure everything would completely ferment. Pitched around 3:45. Placed in 65F ambient.
Parti-Gyle Meta Session Porter or Something ??
Batch Size: 3gal
60 min boil
Mash Efficiency Expected ~ 30%
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
19 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 82.6 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 2 6.5 %
1 lbs Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.3 %
8.0 oz Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.2 %
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.2 %
8.0 oz Pale Chocolate Malt (200.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.2 %
.25oz Centenial, 15%, Boil 45 min
.25oz CTZ 15%, Boil 10 min
.25oz Centenial, 15%, Boil 5 min
.25oz CTZ, 15%, Boil 1 min
.25oz Centenial, 15%, Boil 45 min
.5oz CTZ, 15%, Steep
.5oz Centenial, 15%, Steep
Mash: Add ~ 4.25 gallons of boiling water to completely drained RIS mash.
I'm a bit afraid that with the large volume of dark grains, high "mash" temp and potential for tannin extraction with the low expected gravity of the parti-gyle, I am afraid of getting some nasty astringency, which I might be able to cover up with some hopiness. This beer is experimental.
Pre-boil OG ~1.030. Got 3.25 gallons into the fermenter.
Cooled to ~70F. Pitched .5 packet of S-04 around 5pm. Placed in ambient air of ~65F.
Brewday Note: Not too exhausting if planned well and 2 burners (1 outside, 1 stove, in my case) are used. Do not attempt parti-gyle unless you have your brew day down fairly well. I had two batches boiling at once and I was running around like a monkey to manage everything.
3/23/15 - RIS had a good but not huge krausen, session-porter no krausen but a few bubbles.
4/23/15 (Approx.) - Racked RIS to secondary.
10/31/15 - Began soaking 1.5oz Medium-Heavy Toast American Oak cubes in ~ 1/2 cup of "Benchmark Old No. 8" whiskey. Oak was boiled for a few minutes to sanitize. Will add to secondary soon.
11/10/15 - Added oak and whiskey to the RIS. Plan to keg, force carbonate and then transfer to bottles in early January.
1/5/16 - Racked to keg. Purged head space and began force carb. Plan to bottle with my new "Last Straw" counter-pressure filler.
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